Monthly Archives: March 2016

Mike Donahue, former news anchor for KOIN-6 was our speaker today. We had a large contingency from the club, Aloha Business Association, Hillsboro Optimist Club, and community.

In retirement Mike is working with the media department for the Providence Healthcare System. He puts together reports and videos of employees and patients who make a difference. They call his segments, “How We Care.” He shared a story about a 14 year old Boy Scout who helped produce 500 handmade holiday stockings for patients. Another was a young woman who went into nursing after her experience seeing the devastation of 9/11. Providence paid for her education to serve in the Providence system. See more of the videos in the link above.

Mike doesn’t drink coffee so Wally and Roger presented him with an Optimist “tea” cup.

Because we were an honor club last year, our board secretary, Dusty, presented Susan with a certificate of honor for her dedication as our former secretary. Thanks Susan!

Susan receives a big thank you from the club and the Optimist District.

Reminders:

This Saturday is the PAL auction and dinner. Let Bruce Buffington know ASAP if you want to to.

Next week Commander John Koch and Capt. Eric Oathes will be our speakers. We will also be taking in our newest member, Teddy Martin.

This day in history…the Eiffel Tower was opened in 1889.

Next Thursday is the board meeting.

We raised $182 in our Dollar Challenge! Thanks everyone.

It was great seeing Dave Chrisman at the breakfast today. Thanks for making the long trip Dave.

Rumor has it that Dick Schouten will be returning on a regular basis now that the election is pretty much behind him. We are waiting Dick!

Last week our President put out a Dollar Challenge. He handed out 10 one dollar bills to the members present and encouraged them to invite people to match that contribution. This morning we received $61.50! Way to go club!

The board has voted to have Teddy Martin join as our newest member. Welcome aboard Teddy.

We passed around a couple of cards today. One goes to Bruce Buffington who is recovering from eye surgery. The other was a thank you card we received from Zach who came to our breakfast a couple of weeks back selling items for the Scout National Jamboree.

Jack raised some money on a very strange auction item. It was some kind of ID from Area 51 in Nevada. Marv Thompson now knows who he is!

Our speaker today was Municipal Judge John Mercer. He shared a couple thoughts about the mission of the City of Beaverton, “Oregon’s Best,” as it relates to a couple of lines from the Optimist Creed. He really connected with the crowd and he doesn’t want to see anybody in court 🙂